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33: 157:, who from 1603 was sent to England on frequent voyages to buy books "to furnish the Library of the University of Dublin". The name "Dublin Virginal Manuscript" is modern, and there is no mention of any specific instrument for which the music was intended. 174:
The manuscript is undated and its 30 pieces are without titles apart from one, ascribed to a "Mastyre Taylere". All but four of the pieces are arrangements of popular song and dance tunes found in other, mainly
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The Dublin Virginal Manuscript is important in the history of English keyboard music because of its date, being one of only five English secular keyboard sources that predate
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The manuscript, consisting of 72 pages, is contained in a small oblong volume 5.5 x 7.4 inches. At some time it was bound together with the
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tunes, of which it contains four. The Dublin Virginal Manuscript also represents an important step in the development of
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English keyboard music from around 1530 to its golden age in the late 16th century, with examples of developing
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placed on the first or second line from the bottom. Music for the left hand is written with an
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The Almain in Britain c. 1549 – c. 1675. A Dance Manual from Manuscript Sources
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The titles following are taken from other sources with analogous tunes:
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of 1591. It is also the second-oldest surviving English source (after
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The Manuscript was probably purchased by Archbishop
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